Tunes of War

Tunes of War
Tunes of War
Studio album by Grave Digger
Released	25 August 1996
Recorded	May 1996 at Principal Studios, Senden, Münster, Germany
Genre	Heavy metal, power metal
Label	GUN Records
Producer	Chris Boltendahl & Uwe Lulis
Grave Digger chronology

Tunes of War is the seventh studio album by German heavy metal band Grave Digger. It is a concept about the Scottish struggles for independence from England, from the medieval conflicts between its clans in the 11th century through to the Jacobite rebellion of the 18th.

It is the first album in Grave Digger's trilogy of medievally inspired concept albums which was continued by Knights of the Cross (1998) and concluding with Excalibur (1999).^[1]

Track listing[]

All songs composed & arranged by Grave Digger.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Brave" (Intro)	2:24
2.	"Scotland United"	4:35
3.	"The Dark of the Sun"	4:32
4.	"William Wallace (Braveheart)"	5:01
5.	"The Bruce"	6:57
6.	"The Battle of Flodden"	4:04
7.	"The Ballad of Mary (Queen of Scots)"	5:00
8.	"The Truth"	3:50
9.	"Cry for Freedom (James the VI)"	3:16
10.	"Killing Time"	2:52
11.	"Rebellion (The Clans Are Marching)"	4:05
12.	"Culloden Muir"	4:05
13.	"The Fall of the Brave" (Outro)	1:58
Total length:		52:39

Digipak bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Heavy Metal Breakdown" (Re-recorded version)	4:31
2.	"Witchhunter" (Re-recorded version)	3:14
3.	"Headbanging Man" (Re-recorded version)	3:55
Total length:		1:04:19

Credits[]

Chris Boltendahl - vocals
Uwe Lulis - guitars
Tomi Göttlich - bass
Stefan Arnold - drums

Additional Musicians

Hansi Kürsch - backing vocals
Scott Cochrane - bagpipes
Hans Peter Katzenburg - keyboards

Production

Chris Boltendahl - producer
Uwe Lulis - producer
Suno Fabitch - mixing, engineering
John Cremer - mastering
Andreas Schöwe - photography
Andreas Marschall - cover art
Ines Phillip - photography

References[]

^ "Grave Digger". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2012.

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[1] "Grave Digger". Metal Hammer (in German). Retrieved 2 July 2012.

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